Richmond Downtown Historic District Explained

Richmond Downtown Historic District
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Location:Roughly Main St. between 7th & 10th Sts. & N. 8th St. between Main & A Sts. in Richmond, Indiana
Coordinates:39.8289°N -84.8917°W
Architect:Multiple, including John A. Hasecoster, George F. Barber, James Knox Taylor, Harry Hussey
Architecture:Mixed
Added:December 19, 2011
Refnum:11000918[1]

The Richmond Downtown Historic District is an area of primarily commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The district encompasses 47 contributing buildings located along the National Road. It developed between about 1868 and 1960 and includes representative examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, and Chicago School style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Murray Theater. Other notable buildings include the I.O.O.F. Building (1868), Hittle Building (1878), Tivoli Theater (1926), Romey's Building (1920), George H. Knollenberg Building (1877), Kresge Building (c. 1930), Dickinson Building (1880), former U.S. Post Office (1905), and YMCA (1908).[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/19/11 Through 12/23/11. National Park Service. May 6, 2014.
  2. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Richmond Downtown Historic District. 2016-07-01. Kim Robinson, Alan Higgins, Susan Lankford, Scott Zimmerman, Amy Glass, and Andrew Glass. PDF. August 2011. and Accompanying photographs